![North Cascades National Park in Washington state.](http://mcmikephoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/NorthCascadesNPMTMScreen2830.jpg)
In the state of Washington there are three national parks–Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park and lesser known, but no less beautiful, North Cascades National Park.
Above is a shot of a switchback on the the highway that runs through North Cascades National Park and some of the park’s jagged mountains which have earned it the nickname the “American Alps.”